Horseshoe



(Model.)

J. 15. SGHLOSSSTEIN & J. WARNINGER.

HORSESHOE. N0. 247,275. Patented Sept. 20,1881.

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN F. SUHLOSSSTEIN, OF BUFFALU. AND JACOB WARNINGER, OB ALMA, WISCONSIN.

HORSESHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 247,275, da.ted September 20, 1881..

Application filed April 23, 1881. (Model.)

T0 all Wwm z't may concern Be it known th a1; wo, JOHN F. Sonmss'smm, of Buffalo oity, and JACOB WARNINGER, of Ahne, bothin the county of Buff'alo and State of WVisoonsin, have invented oertain new and useful Improvements in Horseshoes for Hoof- Bound or (Jontracted Hoofs; and we do hereby (leolare that the following is a full, elear, and exaet description of the invention,whioh will enable others skillecl in ehe art to which it appertains to make and use Lhe same, referenoe heing had 130 the accompanyingdrawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which forn1 a part of this specifioati0n.

Many contrivances have been devised in oon nection with horseshoes for horses aud other animalshavinghoofhouncloroontracted hoofs; hut; most of these are complioated or too expensive, or liable to geb out of Order.

'lhe object of 0ur present invention is to .avoid these and other objections and yet produce a shoe withont hinge or joint, the body of whioh need vary hat little from the common form of shoe, and whioh will hold the ernst of the hoof firm and prevent further contraotion, while permitting and oausing its easy and gradual expansion, and without taking the horse from bis aeoustomed 1abor.

lt oonsists in a speoifio construction of the heel part; of the shoe, combined with a rod 01' bar fixed to one heel and projeoting into the other heel and a nut 011 a threaded part of such rod or bar betweeo the heels, all es Will now be more partioularly desoribed.

In the drawings, Flgure 1 is a perspeotive view of our improved horseshoe applied to a hoof; Fig. 2, an under-side view enlarged;

- Fig. 3, a rear view, showing a modified forma;

and Fig. 4 a, fragmentary view.

'lhe shoe A, as will be seen, may in themain y tions lod ging between it and the rearmost part *extend into or through an unthreaded hole, e,

in the other heel, 3. 'Ihis bar or rod is threaded between its ends for a short distance, as shown at 5, to reoeive an adjusting-nut, f, which is placed on the rod before the latter is fastened to place, and the position of this nut is therefore 011 the inside ot the shoe-thatis, hetween ehe two heelsso that by no possibility can in ever work oft 0x be lost, and it oa-nnot, there- Ihre, interfere with the horses other foot o1 out; 0x soratoh him in any way, nor be in the way of any other horse when drivingdouble. The rocl or bar need not projeot beyond the outside faoe 0x surfaoe 0f the shoe.

II: will be evident that the rod or bar may loe flat, es shown in Fig. 3, instead of round, except for that: small part; requiring 110 be threaded to reoeive the nut.; and il: may be welded or in any other way fixed to one 0f the extremities of the shoe, the threael being out and the nut put on hefore the bar is welded 0x fastened to its place, as stated; or thehar may be seoured Eo the shoe by firstpunohinga hole partly through the shoe, and when the lat-ter is red hol; inserting one end of the 001d bar o1 rod in such hole. The oontraotion by cooling will hold it tight enough, and should it geh a little loose it is of no consequence, because it oannot esoape, and the nut oen always perfoxm its proper duty. Wih the flat bar the shoe makes a perfeot bar-shoe. The round bar is preferred to the flatone, and the holdingby punohing a hole and inserting the rod thereirr is preferred to fasteningby welding. The hat may be bent upwmd a littlebetween the heels, so that the frog may rest upon lt, as shown an 6 in Fig. 3.

It Will be oloserved that thetongues b b are IOG so located as to be harmiess, and that they do not: and cannot press or bear upon oho softer part ot the foot or hoof, so as 130 be liable to cause oorns to grow and as they do not need 130 be driven into the hoof in order t0 fit the shoe t0 place, they do not; in any way weaken 01 crack 0r indent; the hoof, 01 tend 130 aggravate any existing ailment of ehe foot.

'lhis device avoids the need of driving nails too close to the heel, and which should never bo done 011 a hoof-bound horse 01' mu1e, for the ernst istherevery thin and sonder; and if nails be driven too c1ose 110 the heel, the hoof is still more apt to dry out, and this would cause ito contraot still more, and, besides, when theshoe is screwed apart or spread apart, thenails would not hold it, am]. they would tear out or split the hoof; but by having 110 nails near the heel, zus will be seen by refe1ence t0 the dmwings, and tho projections or tongues made and located as shown, these latter hold the erustfirm when the shoe is spread or sorewed apart, and as the ineline 0f the tongues is upward toward the inside, t0 accord with tho ernst of the hoof ab that portion, in fo1lows that ab every step the anirnal takes the ernst is forced out; slightly, und. this afiords an opportunity t0 screw 1'l: apart; by means 0f the nub every few days, and as these tongues hold itfirmly the hoofwill gradually but surely grow outward, as in ought.

II: is 2b c'onimo'n iaraetice in the eforb to eure contracted hoofs to pare down the heel and let the animal walk 011 the frog, and turn it out into marshy groundsfor months, thus losing its services; but with ourimproved sboe theneedful heel is not cut away, but; remains, and the animal is able to work every day.

Wo are aware that sorews of various kinds have been used for horseshoes for hoof-bound horses; bat; wo am not aware of any shoo having the construotion, peouliarities, aud advantages of our invention, as above deseribed.

We claim- Tl1e improved horseshoe described, as made with oho inolined tongues b b ab the extremities of the l1eels, and with the rod or bar unthreadcd a1: its ends, but having a short thread near its unsecured eud, said bar or rod being permanently fixed in 0x on one heel and projecting into or nhrough tbe other heel, und having an adjusting-nut 00 such threaded part,all a and fo1 the purposes set forth.

JOHN F. SOHLOSSSTEIN. JACOB WVARNINGER.

Witnesses TOBIAS VALEAR, MILTON VAN DYKE. 

